Yesterday wasn't awful. I went on a walk with the bestest friends and had lunch with Riley's mom. She bought me lunch and said that I could return the favor in a year when we are celebrating Eli's recovery. She has been such a bright spot through all of this. [[[Hi Cheryl]]] Everybody has. The support and rallying behind Eli shows me the impact that he has had on those that have been lucky enough to meet and get to know him.
He told me he wanted to go to the football game tonight. Sadly, that just isn't going to happen. Aside from the physical pain and symptoms of treatment, one of the hardest aspects of all of this is going to be missing out. I think the only reason he goes to school is to socialize and see his people. I know he will still see them, but he is going to watch as everyone else goes about their normal life. I know my job is going to be to make him feel as "normal" as possible and I will try my best.
Max brought over some beautiful hydrangeas yesterday.
Eli also spent some time with his girlfriend last night and came home in quite a bit of pain as the meds were wearing off. It took a while to get him comfortable with some ice, more pain meds and elevation. He still had to take his antiseptic shower to get as germ-free as possible so he did that and got into some clean clothes and freshly washed sheets. I gave him some more Tylenol at around 4:30am, but he said he actually had a good night of sleep and has to repeat the antiseptic shower this morning. Probably the cleanest he's ever been!
His surgery started a little later than planned. We had amazing nurses and an even more amazing hospital gown. It was giving "Minecraft'. His anesthesiologist was funny and everyone was very thorough in making sure he was comfortable.
We waited in the surgery lobby for longer than we thought. When we checked in we were told the surgery would take about 1.5 hours but then the doctor said he didn’t think it would take more than 30 minutes. I’m sure there were additional factors we were unaware of, but you can’t help but spiral when a surgery takes longer. Your mind has the tendency to wander in dark places.
We were then called to the consult room to meet with the surgeon and that took an additional very long 30 minutes. But he finally joined us and let us know he did great and everything went well and the got what they needed and would be calling us back to recovery.
Recovery Eli was funny. He was giving groggy confusion and was such a vibe. :) We got some food on the way home because he was starving and once settled in at home, the anesthesia continued to wear off and he was feeling really good. He has a wrap on his entire leg that is basically an ice pack connected to an ice machine that circulates ice cold water. He has to wear this until we meet with the surgeon in a couple of weeks. I hope he likes Sponge Bob Sponge Baths.
We have a pretty good pain plan in place and hope to stay on top of any discomfort as much as possible. I think we were all a little stressed about today and are glad that it’s behind us.
He had a friend stop by with a huge basket of snacks and Riley came to see him with a sweet gift basket of her own.
It’s one thing to love your kid more than life itself. It’s another for other people to love them too.
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